How to Use flattery in a Sentence

flattery

noun

• He tried to win his teacher's favor with flattery.
• Such flattery must have opened many doors for him in the past.
  — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 10 June 2023
• But Woodward — much like the rest of us — didn't see the flattery in any of it.
  — Erin Corbett, refinery29.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• And nude stockings are a small price to pay for that kind of flattery.
  — Alice Bell, Vogue, 19 May 2018
• That language is the language of flattery, not of fire and fury.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 24 May 2018
• The singer has yet to respond to Harlow’s act of flattery.
  — Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2022
• If Moon has to earn a Nobel Prize in flattery to achieve this goal, so be it.
  — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 30 Apr. 2018
• The 6-1 guard isn't charmed by flattery about his recent play.
  — J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Apr. 2021
• Neg them to breaking point, and then it’s flattery time.
  — Rosa Lyster, The Cut, 14 Sep. 2017
• You can be fooled by flattery and challenged to be at your best in group meetings.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2019
• Host Levi kicked off the awards with some flattery and zingers aimed at the celebrities in attendance.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 18 June 2019
• In both countries, where the hosts showered Trump with flattery and warmth, Trump played the role of gracious guest.
  — Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 27 May 2017
• Henry’s key, money and flattery, led him to be the victim of theft.
  — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• And not a copycat, even though copying is the biggest sign of flattery.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
• And that’s exactly the sort of flattery that earns hoodies around here.
  — Linda Chong, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• To a chef, the sounds of lip smacking, slurping and swallowing are the highest form of flattery.
  — Christiane Gelitz, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2021
• If that sort of thing can hurt a film with the HFPA, the reverse — flattery — can certainly help it.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2017
• But for Pence, such flattery has come to define his persona.
  — Noah Bierman, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2017
• In which a scholar reveals himself to be prone to coarse gossip on the one hand, and false flattery on the other.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• As for Mr Trump’s stop in Beijing, flattery will prevail there, too.
  — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2017
• And the flattery and glowing orbs that entranced Trump are unlikely to work.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 25 Feb. 2021
• Pay that homage to the roots, but again, the best compliment and best form of flattery is imitation.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 13 June 2017
• The flattery didn’t end in January, when Cohen says the project was abandoned.
  — William Saletan, Slate Magazine, 31 Aug. 2017
• There’s a phrase for that: Imitation is the most sincere most form of flattery.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2023
• Gucci doesn’t consider knock-offs to be a sign of flattery.
  — Vogue, 24 Nov. 2021
• And Vice President Mike Pence has flattery down to a fine art, once lauding the big man 14 times in three minutes.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 1 May 2020
• The proposal’s now out into the universe, and Devan Chandler Long, who plays a viking on the show, even threw in a bit of flattery to seal the deal.
  — Justin Caffier, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2022
• While Hong and his team are trying their hardest to get the fakes taken down from the site, the artist is also taking it as a form of flattery.
  — Britt Clennett, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2021
• Cleaver was no doubt emboldened by this flattery when Huey invited him to call into the television show that morning in March 1971.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
• And yet, this is the ultimate form of respect to players such as James – imitation being the sincerest form of flattery.
  — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024